Ultimate Table Tennis 2024: When can Indian fans watch UTT 2024, live streaming on TV, OTT and more
Headlining the event will be India's Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra, while Romania's Bernadette Szocs and Germany's Nina Mittelham—both ranked in the top 20 in women's singles—will also feature.
Ultimate Table Tennis 2024
Following the thrilling Paris Olympic Games 2024, attention now turns to the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) 2024 tournament, which will showcase 48 players, including 16 international competitors all in action. Headlining the event will be India's Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra, while Romania's Bernadette Szocs and Germany's Nina Mittelham—both ranked in the top 20 in women's singles—will also feature.
Ultimate Table Tennis, introduced in 2017 and held in 2018 and 2019, was halted from 2020 to 2022. However, it made a return in 2023 and is continuing in 2024. Indian fans can watch all the live action exclusively on the JioCinema app and website, or tune in to Sports18 Khel for television coverage.
UTT 2024 squads:
The eight teams were divided into two groups of four to compete in the league stage. Each tie will consist of five matches: two men's singles, two women's singles, and one mixed doubles.
Each team will compete in five ties: once against each of the other three teams in their group and twice against randomly selected teams from the other group.
The top four teams on the points table will advance to the knockout stage. In the semi-finals, Team No. 1 will play against Team No. 4, while Team No. 2 will face Team No. 3.
Squads:
Ahmedabad SG Pipers: Bernadette Szocs (Romania), Jash Modi, Lilian Bardet (France), Manush Shah, Prita Vartikar, Reeth Rishya.
Bengaluru Smashers: Alvaro Robles (Spain), Amalraj Antony, Jeet Chandra, Lily Zhang (USA), Manika Batra, Taneesha Kotecha.
Chennai Lions: Abhinandh PB, Jules Roland (France), Mouma Das, Poymantee Baisya, Sakura Mori (Japan), Sharath Kamal.
Dabang Delhi TTC: Andreas Levenko (Austria), Diya Chitale, Lakshita Narang, Orawan Paranang (Thailand), Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Yashansh Malik.
Goa Challengers: Harmeet Desai, Mihai Bobocica (Italy), Sayali Wani, Sudhanshu Grover, Yangzi Liu (Australia), Yashaswini Ghorpade.
Jaipur Patriots: Cho Seungmin (South Korea), Moumita Dutta, Ronit Bhanja, Snehit SFR, Nithyashree Mani, Suthasini Sawettabut (Thailand).
Puneri Paltan TT: Ankur Bhattacharjee, Anirban Ghosh, Ayhika Mukherjee, Joao Monteiro (Portugal), Natalia Bajor (Poland), Yashini Sivasankar.
UMumba TT: Akash Pal, Kavyasree Baskar, Manav Thakkar, Maria Xiao (Spain), Quadri Aruna (Nigeria), Sutirtha Mukherjee
Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming Ultimate Table Tennis 2024:
What: Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 - Goa Challengers vs. Jaipur Patriots
When: From August 22
Where: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, India
Time: 7:30 PM onwards (double-headers 1st game will begin at 5:00 PM IST)
Live streaming in India: JioCinema
TV broadcast in India: Sports18 Khel